License holder and key case



May 4', '1926.` 1,583,225

B. w. FLANDERS LICENSE HOLDER AND KEY CASE Filed Oct. 4, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l v /Wvezz'vrz 567i Wandfrs,

ZISheets-Sheet 2 B. wl FLANDr-:Rs

Filed Oct. 4,

Patented Mayl 4,1926. i,

UNITED .STAT-,Es

l .BERT w. rLANDEns, or Loma, cALIronNIA.,

' LrcnNsn Bonneau KEY casa .Applicant-mamen oto'ber 4, 1924. 'serial No. 741,599.

Be it known hat I, BE'

California, have invented 'new and useful Improvements in a License Holder and Key- Case, of which thefollonzinguis a specifica- .tion.,

.This invention relates to safes and par? ticularly'- to a trouser pocket box for the safe keepingv of: av motor Yvehicle drivers license together vwith his motor 'or vehicle. lock key'or keys.,

An object of the invention is to provide a combination safe keeping means for associately keeping a drivers license car and his motor or other key so as -to insure-the driver of being physically possessed of his license whenever he has occasion to unlock his vehicle or its motor, and so to practically eliminate driving of the vehicle without having then inhis to drive. l

A driver, bein fun-d without his license, is subject not on y to an 'embarrassing call down but toline and sentence-also'andmy present invention has", for an object to pro- "vide a' simple, practicable and inexpensive v means for safely retaining the license and soA the car lock key or keys insuch convenient and associated relation as to preclude the possibility that the license willnot always be at hand with the lock key of the Vehicle, whether ignition, theft, or garage keylock.

The'invention, therefore, consists broadly of a combined key and license safe or holder,

preferably. of a type' to be carried. in a trouser pocket without bending, crumpling or other mutilation of the, usually paper, license..

Further objects and advantages ywill be made manifest in the following specification of Aapparatus 'of in invention,` one embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing; it being understood that other modifications, variations and adaptations maybe to within the spirit of claimed.

,Figure 1 license pocket offthe safe; Figure 2l is a vertical section of the safe, the flaps being closed: Fi Are l Sie atransverse section, show" si' etlep's o en. Figure 4 is a beek viewl e fthe safe.' y vigure 5 isa perspective of the' detaohedcll of the safe'. Figure 6 the invention andthe scope thereofvashere W@ IFLANDERS," a citizen of the United States, and resident of Lomita, county of Los Angeles, State of possession his legal license tachment of which is here made;

is at perspectivevr showing the is a planfof a blankfor cover part. Figures 7 and. 8 are of the safe.

and license safe of durable construction andwhich will, at the 'saine time,l embody rigid-A perspectives of a variant form" an object is to provide a combined key- To obtainfdurability anldyrigiditythe safe y includes a sheet metal cell 2 inexpensively formed Ifrom fiat stock bent along-its sides to form narrow webs 3 having inturned angesfl nearly meeting' at'their edges 5 medially of the cell. Thus is `formed a'iat or narrow chamber having an open mouth atits top end for insertion of a sullicientlyv foldedv drivers license card or sheet, not

away at I6 on divergent lines to form a linger the cell- Enveloping the shown.` Corners of the lian'ges 4 are cut l cell is a cover of suitable` material as leather or a fabric. The cover.

may be of various cuts of patterns or'blanks y as desired, and here comprises a main blank Fig. 6, havingia front panel 10 Withlateral 35 flaps 11j and a bottom tongue 12. 4Theupper endof the panel 10 is-.indented or -notched at 13 to conform to the finger notch in the cell. To complete the cover another or back, piece 14 is stitched along'parallel lines 15 to the panel 10 to fit close around the cell. At the lower end of the back, 14 is a narrow strip at'the' fold of the-bottom tongue 12. This poc covering flap 18 with a snap or other fastener 19 to engage a complementary part 20o n the front panel 10.

The naps 11 are provided with fastenerv parts 21 ,to hold them in overlapped posiltion over key or'keys K, provision for at- 'As shown, the h ll back is the back 14, thebottorn tongue laid around thefringsor loops 2,3 and overth'e keys, and thenthe holding flaps `11 canbe closed over `the back to cover lell and be fastened closed.

strip 16 thuscloses the bottomAof the cover et.v At the top of the; back-14 is aoo I l16 stitched along line V17 rforated at y* pe l ,attachment of the keys.

Thus the cell'forms a rigid pocket for the inserted license and also carries means for The safe is a containerfor drivers license and his car keys,

to keep them, for practical purposes, inseparable. v Having use for the key or keys, the driver is sure to have his or her license along with the. keys.

' at 12 to form separate parts for keys. The

' lines of fold of the flaps and .forming opentop chamber, a tongue on the top end panel 14 is stitched along its side and bottom edges to the panel 10 to form the pocket for the cell 2. Thus any-of the key tongue parts' 12 may be left pendent and the others thrown up over the panel 14 to be covered by the inturned laps'll, Fig. 8. This yavoids the opening of flaps 11 at each use of a given key, which may be left pendent and uncovered by the case flaps.

What is claimed is: f

1. A pocket safe for vehicle drivers license, comprising a main casing including a. central panel having side flaps vtoover lap and fasten on each other, an inside back piece secured to the panel Within the sideof the casing and fastenable down over vthe top of said chamber and onto said back piece,

' pling of the nase while carried in `an apparel pocket; said cell being adapted to receive a vehicle drivers license card and to protect it from crumpling and also from wear and disfiguration by friction of compressed wall surfaces, and a tongue flap to close the open end of the cell and prevent the license from slipping out.

3. A pocket key case having a stiff walled cell forming a back-bone to prevent crumpling of the case while'carried in an apparel pocket and forming a chamber to loosely re- Vceive a driverslicense; said cell consisting of a piece of sheet metal having sides bent over and spaced from its back plate, the up` per corners of the :folded-sides being cut otl' to provide a linger hole for. access to the license. y Y

BERT W. FLANDERS. 

